Oiler for whetstones.



0. M. RIBS.

OILBR FOR WHETSTONBS.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 19, 1912.

1,083,760. Patented Jan.6,1914.

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OSCAR M. RIES, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

OILER FOR WHETSTONES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6,1914%.

Application filed August 19, 1912. Serial No. 715,823.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR M. Rims, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oilers for Whetstones; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an oiling attachment for whetstones and the like, and its object is to improve the structure of devices of this class.

In carrying out the invention I insert the oil can in an inverted position through the cover of the box containing the Whetstone, so that by depressing the bottom of the oil can (which normally stands uppermost) the oil therein can be ejected onto the stone before the cover of the box is raised.

. Details are set forth in the following specification and claim, and the device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the box with the cover closed, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box with the cover opened; Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section through the box, the Whetstone, and the oil can; Fig. 4 is a perspective sectional view of one half of the oil can, illustrating its flexible bottom and the shell surrounding the same; Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the closing plug and the outlet tube carried thereby.

In the drawings the letter B designates a box containing in the present instance a Whetstone W, and the letter O designates a cover for said box which is recessed on its under side as shown at B so that it will fit over the stone W, the cover being hinged as at H to the box body B in the usual or any well known manner.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an oil can or oiling attachment carried by and projecting through the top of the cover 0, so that by pressure on the bottom of this can (which stands uppermost when the cover is closed) a little oil can be ejected through the nozzle onto the whetstone W and the latter later used to sharpen cutlery.

Coming now to the details of the present invention, the oil can proper has a cylindrical body 1 enlarged slightly at its lower end as at 2 and closed by a flexible or yielding bottom plate 3, and the enlarged portion is surrounded by a cylindrical shell 4. having an opening through its center so that the finger or thumb of the operator may be passed through the same to depress the bottom 3. The top 6 of the oil can is pierced with a central hole in which is secured an internally threaded nipple 7, and into this nipple is screwed the plug 8 best seen in Fig. 5. This plug by preference has a tubular body as seen in Fig. 3, and through the center of the same extends a curved outlet tube 9 the inner end 10 of the same standing inside the oil can body and near its top 6, and the outer end 11 thereof passing through an orifice in the head 12 of the plug 8; and the tube is by preference straight through the bore of said tubular plug, in which it is held by means of a disk 13, all parts of the plug and the outlet tube being rigidly connected as by brazing or soldering.

I have called that portion of the oil can numbered 6 the top and that portion numbered 3 the bottom, because when the box cover C is wide open these parts will stand in the relative positions which their names would indicate. At this time the oil can is filled by unscrewing the plug from the nipple 7 and pouring oil into the body of the can. Thereafter the inner end 10 of the tube 9 is inserted through the tubular nipple and pushed into place until the threads 15 on the plug can be engaged with the threads within the nipple, after which the plug is screwed down tight so that the edge of the head 12 closes against the outer end of the nipple 7 and seals the oil can against leakage. The cover O is then closed over upon the box B so that the Whetstone is thoroughly protected from dust, and the parts will at this time stand as best seen in Fig. 3. When now it is desired to use the Whetstone, the operator inserts his finger through the opening 5 and presses upon the center of the flexible bottom 3 of the oil can; this puts the air in the body 1 above the oil under pressure, and some of the oil is forced into the inner end 10 of the tube 9, and passes upward over the bend therein and out the outer end 11 thereof so that it drops upon the Whetstone W. The operator then opens the cover G as seen in Fig. 2, and sharpens the cutlery in a well known manner.

Thus it will be seen that I have devised an oiler for whetstones and the like wherein the oil can stands ordinarily inverted, and

yet no oil can escape through the tube because it must first pass upward over the bend in the same before it reaches the tip of the outlet at the point 11. It is quite possible that the shell 4 could be omitted, but I prefer to employ it so that the larger end of the oil can is protected and so that in case some thing should be laid upon this device when the box cover was closed, its weight would not depress the bottom 3 and eject oil onto the whet-stone when it is not desired. The enlargement 2 of the body 1 is for the purpose of increasing the capacity of the oil can and preventing it from falling through the hole in the cover, although if desired this also could be omitted. I do not desire to be confined to a cylindrical shaped oil can, as it is obvious that its shape is a matter of no moment excepting that I prefer it shall be cylindrical because cans of this kind are more easily made in that shape. The materials and proportions of parts also are not essential to the successful operation of this invention.

What is claimed as new is The combination with a Whetstone and its box, of a cover therefor having an opening therethrough, an oil can having a body lying within said opening and an enlargement resting on the cover around the opening, said body having a flexible bottom, a nipple in the top of the oil can body, a plug removably engaging said nipple, a curved outlet tube carried by and passing through said plug with its inner end near the top of the can, and its outer end in position to discharge oil on to the Whetstone when the cover is closed, and a protecting shell secured around said body and extending across its bottom and having a central opening, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR M; RIES. Witnesses:

R. EDWARD SHARP, BENJ. L. BOYER.

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Washington, D. G. 

